Chapter 410 — PUBLIC HEALTH

(410 ILCS 527/5) Sec. 5. Definition. For the purpose of this Act, "Department" means the Department of Public Health. (Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)

(410 ILCS 527/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2011. (Source: P.A. 97-117, eff. 7-14-11.)

(410 ILCS 528/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lupus Education and Awareness Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1108, eff. 1-1-11.)

(410 ILCS 528/10) Sec. 10. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act: "Department" means the Department of Public Health. "Director" means the Director of Public Health. "Panel" means the Interagency and Partnership Advisory Panel on Lupus. "Program" means the Lupus Education and …

(410 ILCS 528/15) Sec. 15. Establishment of the Lupus Education and Awareness Program. (a) Subject to appropriation, there is created within the Department of Public Health the Lupus Education and Awareness Program (LEAP). The Program shall be composed of various components, incl…

(410 ILCS 528/20) Sec. 20. Funding. Subject to the availability of funds, the Department may make expenditures of up to $2,500 for fiscal year 2010 for use toward providing educational materials to clinics serving a high percentage of minorities in this State. The Director may ac…

(410 ILCS 528/25) Sec. 25. Staffing. The Department of Public Health shall provide staffing and administrative support for the implementation of the provisions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 96-1108, eff. 1-1-11.)

(410 ILCS 528/5) Sec. 5. Legislative findings and purpose. (a) The General Assembly finds the following: (1) Lupus is an urgent national health issue. Lupus is the result of an immune system that is unbalanced and can become destructive to any organ or tissue in the body. Lupus i…

(410 ILCS 530/0.01) (from Ch. 40, par. 900) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Marriage, Dissolution, and Invalidity Records Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(410 ILCS 530/1) (from Ch. 40, par. 901) Sec. 1. The Department of Public Health has charge of the registration of marriages, dissolutions of marriages and declarations of invalidity of marriages in the State. The Department has the authority and duty to 1. Install and maintain a…

(410 ILCS 530/2) (from Ch. 40, par. 902) Sec. 2. The Department may cause the records of marriage, dissolution of marriage and declaration of invalidity of marriage established under this Act to be reproduced on microfilm for permanent retention. Such microfilm shall comply with …

(410 ILCS 530/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 903) Sec. 3. The Department shall search its files of records of marriage, dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of marriage upon receipt of a written request and a fee of $5, and, if the record is found, shall verify the fact of…

(410 ILCS 530/3.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 904) Sec. 3.1. The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department of Public Health under this Act, except that Section 5-35 of …

(410 ILCS 535/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-1) Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Vital records" means records of births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, dissolution of marriages, and data related thereto. (2) "System of vital records" inclu…

(410 ILCS 535/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-10) Sec. 10. (1) The State Registrar of Vital Records shall, at the close of each calendar year, certify to the county clerk of each of the several counties the number of births, deaths, and fetal deaths properly registered in his coun…

(410 ILCS 535/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-11) Sec. 11. Information required on forms. (a) The form of certificates, reports, and other returns required by this Act or by regulations adopted under this Act shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency r…

(410 ILCS 535/12) Sec. 12. Live births; place of registration. (1) Each live birth which occurs in this State shall be registered with the local or subregistrar of the district in which the birth occurred as provided in this Section, within 7 days after the birth. When a birth oc…

(410 ILCS 535/13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-13) Sec. 13. (1) Whoever assumes the custody of a living infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in the manner prescribed by the State Registrar of Vital Records, within 3 days, to the local registrar of the district in …

(410 ILCS 535/14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-14) Sec. 14. (1) Subject to the requirements that the Department may prescribe, the birth of a person born in this State, whose birth is not registered, may be recorded by delayed registration in the manner prescribed below: (a) When t…

(410 ILCS 535/15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-15) Sec. 15. Procedure upon refusal to accept delayed record of birth. (1) If a delayed record of birth is not accepted under the provisions of Section 14, a petition may be filed with the circuit court of the petitioner's county of bi…

(410 ILCS 535/15.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-15.1) Sec. 15.1. (1) The Director of the Illinois State Police or his designee may obtain a registration of a fictitious vital record for the purpose and in the manner prescribed in this Section. (2) A registration of a fictitious vi…

(410 ILCS 535/16) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-16) Sec. 16. (1) For each adoption ordered by any court in this State, the clerk of the court shall promptly furnish the State Registrar of Vital Records a certificate of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the State Registr…

(410 ILCS 535/16.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-16.1) Sec. 16.1. When it appears from a certificate of adoption transmitted to the State Registrar of Vital Records, pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 of this Act, that the child was born outside of the United States or its Te…

(410 ILCS 535/17) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-17) Sec. 17. (1) For a person born in this State, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish a new certificate of birth when he receives any of the following: (a) A certificate of adoption as provided in Section 16 or a certi…

(410 ILCS 535/17.5) Sec. 17.5. Certificates of birth; redaction of certifying health care professional. (a) The Department shall issue a certified copy of a certificate of birth with the identity of the certifying health care professional, as defined in Section 1, redacted only u…

(410 ILCS 535/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-18) Sec. 18. (1) Each death which occurs in this State shall be registered by filing a death certificate with the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred or the body was found, within 7 days after such death (within…

(410 ILCS 535/18.5) Sec. 18.5. Electronic reporting system for death registrations. The State Registrar shall facilitate death registration by implementing an electronic reporting system. The system may be used to transfer information to individuals and institutions responsible f…

(410 ILCS 535/19) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-19) Sec. 19. (1) When a death occurring in this State has not been registered, a certificate may be filed in accordance with the regulations of the Department. (2) A certificate of death registered more than one year after the date of …

(410 ILCS 535/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-2) Sec. 2. There is hereby established in the Department of Public Health an Office of Vital Records which shall install, maintain, and operate the system of vital records throughout this State. Suitable quarters for this office shall b…

(410 ILCS 535/20) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-20) Sec. 20. Fetal death; place of registration. (1) Each fetal death which occurs in this State after a gestation period of 20 completed weeks (or when the patient elects in writing to arrange for the burial or cremation of the fetus …

(410 ILCS 535/20.5) Sec. 20.5. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. (a) The State Registrar shall prescribe and distribute a form for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. The certificate shall be in the same format as a certificate of live birth prepared under…

(410 ILCS 535/21) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-21) Sec. 21. (1) The funeral director or person acting as such who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus shall make a written report to the registrar of the district in which death occurred or in which the body or fetus was fou…

(410 ILCS 535/21.5) Sec. 21.5. Group burial; group cremation. Notwithstanding Sections 20 and 21 of this Act, a permit for a group burial or group cremation under Section 11.4 of the Hospital Licensing Act may be issued without a fetal death certificate. The Department shall adop…

(410 ILCS 535/21.7) Sec. 21.7. Temporary removal of a dead body. No permit for transportation signed by the local registrar is required prior to transporting a dead human body out of the State of Illinois, at the direction of a federally designated organ procurement organization,…

(410 ILCS 535/22) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-22) Sec. 22. (1) A certificate or record filed under this Act may be amended only in accordance with this Act and such regulations as the Department may adopt to protect the integrity of vital records. An application for an amendment s…

(410 ILCS 535/23) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-23) Sec. 23. The State Registrar of Vital Records, local registrars, and county clerks, are hereby declared official custodians of vital records in this State, and shall maintain such records in a safe place. (Source: P.A. 76-678.)

(410 ILCS 535/24) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-24) Sec. 24. (1) To protect the integrity of vital records, to insure their proper use, and to insure the efficient and proper administration of the vital records system, access to vital records, and indexes thereof, including vital re…

(410 ILCS 535/24.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-24.1) Sec. 24.1. Any information contained in the vital records shall be made available to the Department of Public Health pursuant to the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Act. (Source: P.A. 83-1361.)

(410 ILCS 535/24.5) Sec. 24.5. Access to records; pension funds and retirement systems. Any information contained in the vital records shall be made available at no cost to any pension fund or retirement system under the Illinois Pension Code for administrative purposes. (Source:…

(410 ILCS 535/24.6) Sec. 24.6. Access to records; State Treasurer. Any information contained in the vital records shall be made available at no cost to the State Treasurer for administrative purposes related to the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. (Source: P.A. 100-543, ef…

(410 ILCS 535/25) Sec. 25. In accordance with Section 24 of this Act, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto: (1) The State Registrar of Vital Records shall search the files of birth, death, and fetal death records, upon receipt of a written request and a fee of $10 from an…

(410 ILCS 535/25.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-25.1) Sec. 25.1. (a) When the State Registrar of Vital Records receives or prepares a death certificate the Registrar shall make an appropriate notation in the birth certificate record of that person that the person is deceased. The …

(410 ILCS 535/25.2) Sec. 25.2. Office of State Guardian birth record request. (a) For purposes of this Section, an individual's status as a person under guardianship with the Office of State Guardian may be verified with a copy of the court order placing the individual under the …

(410 ILCS 535/25.3) Sec. 25.3. Homeless person birth record request. (a) For the purposes of this Section, an individual's status as a homeless person may be verified by a human services agency, legal services agency, or other similar agency that has knowledge of the individual's…

(410 ILCS 535/25.4) Sec. 25.4. Youth in care birth record request. (a) For the purposes of this Section, an individual's status as a youth in care may be verified: (1) with a copy of the court order placing the youth in the guardianship or custody of the Department of Children an…

(410 ILCS 535/25.5) Sec. 25.5. Death Certificate Surcharge Fund. The additional $2 fee for certified copies of death certificates and fetal death certificates must be deposited into the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. Moneys in the …

(410 ILCS 535/25.6) Sec. 25.6. Fee waiver; persons who reside in a shelter for domestic violence. (a) The applicable fees under Section 17 of this Act for a new certificate of birth and Section 25 of this Act for a search of a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record sh…

(410 ILCS 535/25.7) Sec. 25.7. Certification letter form. In order to seek a waiver of the fee for a copy of a vital record, the person seeking the record must provide the following certification letter: Certification Letter for Domestic Violence Waiver for Illinois Vital Records…

(410 ILCS 535/26) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-26) Sec. 26. (1) Every person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal particulars and data concerning each person admitted or confined to such institution. This record shall include such information as required by t…

(410 ILCS 535/27) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-27) Sec. 27. (1) (a) Any person who willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a report, record, or certificate required to be filed under this Act, or in an application for an amendment thereof, or who willfully and knowingl…